Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prospect, The miners' committee met the day after hearing the proposals. They issued a statement "accepting" the proposals "as a basis for settlement," and announced their readiness to discuss them with the operators. Major William W. Inglis, head of the operators' committee, said, "We see nothing. . . calling for speedy action on our part. We will not be stampeded...
...members, and three undergraduates. When the question came to a vote, the three undergraduates voted 'for," as did one graduate. One graduate member of the Committee who was known to represent the minority, the third graduate member 'who didn't care,' and three faculty members voted 'against.' So the prospect was defeated...
...optimistic foreign news comes the prospect of a new Revenue Bill in Washington, designed to satisfy the desires of conservative business men (see Page 6, TAXATION). Not only will the income tax rates be lowered, thus freeing much money each year for investment in business instead of Government projects, but the anticipated repeal of many excise nuisance taxes should also prove a considerable boon to trade...
Worst of all, to the sugar trade at least, is the prospect for still further production increases in 1925-26. The present prices, however, are already below cost of production for most Cuban sugar-mills. There is little prospect of an increase in consumption sufficient to absorb the impending surplus...
...swing; but there is indication that subsidiary fronts are or soon will be established elsewhere if present conditions continue for much longer. Long Island appears already as a likely spot. A few months ago a restricted but dramatic boom appeared at Rockaway, where real estate prices skyrocketed at the prospect of a shore development...